havn't been on fish.net much recently so appologies if this topic has already been thrashed. Attended a Tony Orton seminar at Whakatane sport fishing club on thursday. Excellent speaker very good at posing thought provoking scenarios and leaving the whys and hows upto the thinking anglers so thanks Tony,Bea and sammy for the evening. One statement though came as quite a shock to many of us so just looking for confirmation" all fish to oualify as a NZ record must be caught on a circle hook from now on? true or false? cheers.

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Also must be inline circle hook not offset

What is the difference?

Our club proposed allowing J hooks for light tackle, but only got supported by a couple of clubs so it was voted down.

Tzer wrote: Big discussion going on here. Views very much divided with some questioning their own club delegate's on how they voted as some didn't even know this was put forward as a remit at recent NZSFC AGM. I would even go as far to say that our delegate didn't have a clue and just voted with the masses. http://www.facebook.com/groups/nzbiggamefishing/permalink/1698306050211037/?comment_id=1702393166468992&notif_id=1507410006525349&notif_t=group_comment_reply

thanks for the link craig. cleared up my confusion,tony kinda just stated or we in our hydrated state heard that ' ALL nz record fish must be on inline circles' but obviously its only billfish and only when using bait! Thats fine by me, throw in all bait caught fish if you ask me why should the beak faces get special treatment?Dont kingies need love too?

krow wrote: I for one aren't ready for this yet as still practicing and don't get enough days in per season to go full circle. Fn great for all those that do/have, but have some thought for the average club member that spends the bulk of their limited days trolling lures. I wish we could have had some notice so club members could have had discussions and the opportunity to advise the delegates how they wished him to vote. Bit sneaky and why? As far as I can gather the individual clubs can, if they wish, not apply the new ""rule"". You'd think like braid yes/no the NZSFC would stay aligned to IGFA. This is just going to cause lots of issues. Just for example say I caught a world record on a J hooked bait that my club still allows and wanted a cutesy weigh at a club that has gone all inline circles (bait). Would they weigh it? Would they give me a catch record? Would I be made to feel inferior/cheater? They certainly couldn't include it on their catch board. Would I have issues getting my capture IGFA recognised? I might have been happy to go circles if that was the wish of the club members, but is it? I can see why lots of anglers no longer bother with the clubs. It's a shame as this will turn even more away and certainly wont be encouraging new members.

Just googled it. Interesting. This design would likely increase the lure action?

Thanks for clearing that up BFB.Business as usual then.